iSight not working

[thesdx]

I opened up Photo Booth today, only to be greeted by a black screen. I opened iMovie, and saw the same thing. I then rebooted, and still had the same issue. This has only started happening today. Could it possibly be 10.5.3? It seems like a software issue. Any ideas?

 

[JunBug119]

the same thing happened to me after i did the firmware update a couple of weeks ago to my mb. i had audio but no video. i did either an SMC or PRAM reset and it worked. I just don't remember which one i did.

 

[thesdx]

I reset the PRAM and it's working fine now. Thanks!

 

[me_94501]

I had a similar thing happen to me not long ago, except my bluetooth went MIA too. Shutting down and starting from a cold boot corrected the issue.

 

[brasfil1998]

I had a similar thing happen to me not long ago, except my bluetooth went MIA too. Shutting down and starting from a cold boot corrected the issue.

i open photo booth and the screen is green, i can turn on any effects and the normal function results in this green screen. when i take a photo the green screen remains and thats my picture. has this happened to anyone else and how can i fix it? please help.....

 

[brasfil1998]

I reset the PRAM and it's working fine now. Thanks!

that's great! but can u help me about my problem ....yours was all black..mine is all green & what is PRAM & SMC ? I'm new in computer please help me....anyone there?
when i open photo booth and the screen is green, i can turn on any effects and the normal function results in this green screen. when i take a photo the green screen remains and thats my picture. has this happened to anyone else and how can i fix it?.my ichat webcam is functioning well...so the problem is take a photo...please help.....

 

[MacHappytjg]

I had a similar thing happen to me not long ago, except my bluetooth went MIA too. Shutting down and starting from a cold boot corrected the issue.

same with me i find it rather odd that u have to reboot to get things working again

 

[me_94501]

that's great! but can u help me about my problem ....yours was all black..mine is all green & what is PRAM & SMC ? I'm new in computer please help me....anyone there?[/quote[

PRAM = "Parameter RAM." Basically, it's where your computer stores various settings. Here's how to reset it: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
SMC = System Management Controller. This pages describes what it does and how to reset it: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411

when i open photo booth and the screen is green, i can turn on any effects and the normal function results in this green screen. when i take a photo the green screen remains and thats my picture. has this happened to anyone else and how can i fix it?.my ichat webcam is functioning well...so the problem is take a photo...please help.....

Since you said your camera is working in iChat, resetting the PRAM or SMC probably wouldn't help. Instead, you can try deleting the Photo Booth preferences file (a file on your computer that stores certain settings for Photo Booth). To find this file, select "Go to folder..." from the Go menu in the Finder. Enter "~/Library/Preferences/" (minus quotes) and press return. Find this file, drag it to the trash, then empty the trash (click the trash icon in the Dock, then click the "Empty" button in the trash window).

Hope this helps. Post in this thread again if it works/doesn't work.

 

[brasfil1998]

that's great! but can u help me about my problem ....yours was all black..mine is all green & what is PRAM & SMC ? I'm new in computer please help me....anyone there?[/quote[

PRAM = "Parameter RAM." Basically, it's where your computer stores various settings. Here's how to reset it: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
SMC = System Management Controller. This pages describes what it does and how to reset it: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411


Since you said your camera is working in iChat, resetting the PRAM or SMC probably wouldn't help. Instead, you can try deleting the Photo Booth preferences file (a file on your computer that stores certain settings for Photo Booth). To find this file, select "Go to folder..." from the Go menu in the Finder. Enter "~/Library/Preferences/" (minus quotes) and press return. Find this file, drag it to the trash, then empty the trash (click the trash icon in the Dock, then click the "Empty" button in the trash window).

Hope this helps. Post in this thread again if it works/doesn't work.

thanks...I'll try it...God Bless!!!!